Sharing Stories from the Climbing Community
Photo by P. Ourom
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List of Stories
- El Capitan Mescalito Wall
- El Capitan Shield Wall
- El Capitan Zodiac Wall-1
- El Capitan Zodiac Wall-2
- El Capitan-The Big Rescue
- Genius Loci-Squamish
- John Rosholt Memorial
- Laps on the Grand
- Mt Slesse Fraser Ribber
- Mt Slesse Heart of Darkness
- Mt Slesse Introduction
- Mt Slesse N.E. Buttress
- Outward Bound 1984
- Saving Canada-The Beginning
- Saving Canada-The Mountain
- Saving Canada-The Stunt
The Mescalito Wall on El Capitan
Written by Peder Ourom
I hit the angle piton for the final time, and just as I was easing onto it, El Capitan shook violently. Horrified, I watched a new crack shoot out sideways from the piton to the left, travelling sideways 15 feet. A huge thousand-pound flake of rock was falling off, and I was attached to it.
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